Job#: 3046517 Job Description: Agile Scrum Master
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 06 Months
Role Overview
The Agile Scrum Master will lead and direct agile project teams to deliver project-defined business outcomes. This role serves as a process coach within a cross-functional software development team, responsible for ensuring the team's adherence to agile values and principles. The position involves encouraging team self-sufficiency, identifying risks, resolving impediments, and driving process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and direct agile project teams to deliver business outcomes.
- Act as a process coach for a cross-functional software development team.
- Ensure team adherence to agile values and principles within the software development lifecycle.
- Encourage self-sufficiency within the team while identifying risk and removing impediments.
- Manage the product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners and Technical Leads.
- Report on project health to senior management.
- Consult and coach other Scrum Teams to support the development of Agile processes.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience in Scrum Management.
- Ability to implement Scrum theory, rules, and practices.
- Experience leading large-scale agile projects with hands-on technical expertise.
- Strong organizational and facilitation skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in leading, influencing, and driving team efforts and results.
- Experience working in an Agile development process and a deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Rally, JIRA, or TFS.
- A high-level understanding of BAC Enterprise Change Standards.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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